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-1 LK4.VIO I:\TITLIlI> TO SKAT. Keprewemai i\ e I km,i FIim South CMr otliui Declared Legal Holder of flu??- in tollere?**. Washington. Aug. D?.?Hepresenta tlve Lcgare (IvnuK'rai ? ot South Car? olina t??da\ wan de? hired by the house entitled to his seat .ind a contest by Aaron T. Prioleau. a negro. was throw n out. Prioleau. a Kepuldhan. has tiled contents In every congressional elec? tion in the First Booth Carolina dis? trict for ten years. UMfJ th.MOOl before the present one he was allowed $2.000 tor ex? penses In pr> secuting e.e h ras?-. Then the sum was materially reduced. Members of the elections committee today Intimated that they would fur? ther reduce the amount. C ROWDS WATCH PROGRESS. Sumlrr* Sky wem per Affords Watch en* Mutii I ntereat. Sumter's newest and most modern skyscraper, although not very far ad? vanced in construction. Is at present affording many citizens -of Sumter. and those of other places who were bo town Cr v and Saturday, the op? portunity for much interesting watch? ing and considerable speculation. It Bumter's neatest, as well as only, skyacraper and the many peo? ple of the city are closely observing the work on the building new, prob? ably, so that they will know just how It is done when in the future they decide to erect skyscrapers for themselvea / Last week the big Iron beams, standards, uprights and other nec? essary paraphernallas arrived on the grounds and for a couple of days pieces were being slid down Into the big hole which marks the founda? tion of the building. Along about Thursday an engine was put on?lhe ground and nred up. but it was not put into further operation until Fri? day afternoon, during which time two of the big uprights were stationed on their pedestrals and bolted to? gether in piece. Up to noon Saturday only one more of the iron beams had been set in place and another was in course of erection. The crowd, whl.'h at times number? ed more than a hundred watched all. at least some, of this work with the greatest apparent Interest and there was much speculation as to what would be done rsxt, how the pieces would be secured, and concerning va? rious other little matters of the same sort which ths lay mind of the spectator did not st once compre? hend. ? JfOT SI PrOHTINt; BLEASE. <5??s rsrtket Ttiaa That C. A. Smith Won't w Espreea Himself. ~-*-e _ To the Editor of The State: Absence from town yesterday ex? plains delay in answering the letter of sir. James of Darlington. There is no foundation for such report as he says Is in circulation. Any such statement Is without my knowledge or approval. It has not been considered seemly nor In good taste for candi? dates foi State offices to declare pub? licly s choice among other contest? ants. 1 have never concealed my views when sought, but in this do not consider them of State-wide Interest Whatever the result of the primary my relationship will he more or less Intimate with the winner. It Is not ray wish nor Intention to be drawn into the bitterness of Ihe present cam pslgn. Chas. A. Sm'th. Tlmno.nsvtllr. Aug. 14. The statement made by Mr. James was that Mr. Smith was reported to be supporting Oov. Blease, and The State called upon him to deny or con? firm the r? port. Automobiles and <;?mmI Itoadn. The number o| pefSOM prejudiced against automobil?* h.is steadd> de fi t he last year or two, until now there is but a handful of people who do not reeoKtu/e In th. automo? bile a great psjsflk Institution which is perhaps, doing more to solve the fad problem than any other egonc) Th. iSjtosnoblle hasscreed to awak? en the people to ,i full sense of the < ond'tn.n of the m untrs s publle thor? oughfares. A few years ago there w?'.i a large per- entage of the population oppos ed to lUfOSSOblles on the ground of being I menaee p? drivers of horses but there are few persons now who do n??t agree that an automobile In the hands of | SftTOfUl driver |g US greater mei nee than a careless driver ..f i horse or team, and perhaps not as .nueh. In praethallv every ni'iunniil Of* KSniZed for the betterment of the public roads. the motorist may be found smong t' e i. ob r - V. t far? mers hauling their products to Ml <? ket derive more financial benefit from the Improved roids th..n the SUtomo? tdllst ?Darllngti n ( server. EXCURSIONISTS IN CAPITAL. Crowd* of VtlltUTI l 'p'iii somit l all for SerOoes ?i|* Congress mo n ami Ueldes ami t taUsSeiOfe, Washington, Aug. 16.?Excursion? ists from tin- Carolinas. ?eorgllt and Florida packed in tin- capltol today. Trains com im; in yesterday and to? day from rh. South brought heavy loada Bvery available representative and senator from tin* south w is call? ed into service to pilot the visitors around the capltol ami the olty, Thej Will remain here Cot a week or mole before returning home, NEW RATES SUSPENDED. Increase In Lumber Tariff Halted by Commerce Commission. Washington, Aug. 16.?Proposed increases in lumber transportation rates from States east of the Missis? sippi and south of the Ohio and Po? tomac rivers to Washington, Balti? more and other destinations in the North and East, were suspended to? day by the Inter-State commerce commission until Dec. 17. The in? creases range from one to two cents a hundred pounds, varying with the ktnd of lumber and the length of the haul. OVER g 10,000 FOR TOBACCO. Last Month a Pretty tiood One for Timnionsvillle. During the month of July the two warehouses here sold a total of 558, 510 pounds of tobacco for which the farmers received in cold cash the sum of $40,597.17. There are thirteen markets in this state and thirty-two warehouses and the Timmonsvillle market stood right up at the top of the column as to number of pounds sold and high prices paid, in fact only two other markets equalled Tlmmonsvllle and these have several more warehouses than we have.?Timmonsvillle Eenter prise. CHRISTIAN MASSACRE STILL ON. Villages Set on Fire by Turkish Ar? tillery. Cettlnje, Montenegro. Aug. 18.? The massacre of Christians in the Perana district of Albania continues. A number of Christian villages were set on lire today by Turkish artillery and destroyed. The massacre of Christians at Be rana began last Friday, when a band of Mohammedan Arnauts, supported by Turkish toops, attacked a section of the Christian population close to the Montenegrin frontier. In the fighting large numbers of women and children are reported to have been slain and the Mohammedians are said to have carried off many young girls. Bleaeeltee at Spartanburg The Spartanhurg papers are not at all despondent over the fact that two-thirds of the crowd which at? tended the State campaign meeting in that city "Friday were Blease men, declaring that no significance at? taches to this attendance. Hundreds of Bleaseltes. according to these papers borrowed money to buy rail? road tickets to Spartanburg and as many more were furnished transpor? tation by friends who were not so broke. Train loads of Blease men came In from the surrounding coun? try, many of the passengers being from North Carolina who were im? ported for the purpose of yelling for Please and holding up two lu-nds ut the hand primary. The explanation in found in the faC| that practically every Pleaseite in the county was on hand while many of the Jones men did not ( are to (erne out and listen to the putrid utterances "f the governor. There* fore When .mv one is attempting to forecast the result of an election from the attendance at campaign meet? ings the tact must always be borne in mind that the type of men attract? ed by demagogues is that class who revel In dirty politics snd will ^cii a birthright to attend a campaign meet? ing and ki\c boisterous sgpresslon ol their unfltnees for voters by yelling snd bowling for the idol of their low? er nolmi. ? Ireenvlllc Seas, < lub Roils to in- Compared, Tie- secretaries of Ihs four ward clubs of Sumter have Agreed lo meet together Monda) afternoon to corn pars the rolls snd to see If there are hi', duplications on tin- rolls The en ret tries will meet in council chum ? ??-r from I to t. and they request that anyone who ?? doubtful "f his name being on Ihs roll will attend t.. it then. The low Is that the entering of li.' mi's . ;.?.-. ? ('o e da> ? I efo! ?? t he primary. After the rolls are once, complete there will be no chance for ? name to he enrolled TU MERGE FI NDS, Co-opci-at i<ui lielween tili1 National and All i 'OiitfM ^ hma! Commutee of the Democratic Part) in Hand? ling Campaign. Washington, Any. c?.?Close co? operation between the Democ atic na? tional an 1 congressional committees ami a merger of their funds, accord' ing t<? Representative Lloyd of Mis? souri, chairman ol tin- latter commit? tee, t >day has been agreed upon l?y the Democratic Held generals for the oomlng campaign. The plan was adopted af er n lengthy series of coh? erences. U is believed that it will work out not only in Increasing n - sufts but in greatly reducing expenses. CLARION CK HARROW NOT till LTV Only One Vote Taken and Jury out only 31 Minutes. Los Angeles, Aug. 17.?Clarence Darrow, the noted Chicago lawyer, was found not guilty today of a charge of bribing a juror in the Me Xamara case. The jury was out just 34 minutes. The case went to the jury at 9.20 this morning. Judge Hutton in his charge, elimi? nated the first OOUnt in the indict? ment, that Darrow had bribed Juror Lockwood. The evidence, the court instructed, did not justify a verdict of guilty in the first count. The court also instructed that a verdict of guilty could not be found on uncorroborated evidence of accomplices. 'If you had no evidence or ,inde? pendent testimony except from ac? complices you must find the defend? ant not guilty," said the judge. "Admission made to the accom? plices by the defendant should not be regarded as corroborative testi? mony. A feigned accomplice, how? ever, does not require corroboration." This instruction applied to Lock wood. <>nly one ballot was cast, each ju? ror voting not guilty. There was spontaneous outbursts of applause when Foreman Williams stated that the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Darrow approached the jurors, all remaining in the jury box. to thank them. Jurors Golding and Dunbar threw their arms about Dar? row and patted him on the back. Other jurors reached forward and clasped hands with the attorney and then the crowd hurried forward and Darrow became the center of an en? thusiastic reception. Got "Advertisement Husband" and Now He's Gone. Atlanta, Qa? Aug. 18.?The ro? mance t)f pretty Mary McEachin. the 19-year-old daughter of J. P. Mc? Eachin, a well-to-do retired farmer living at Denton in Jeff Davis Coun? ty, was quickly over. The young woman is here and has asked the chief of police to find her husband for her. According to the story told the chief by the young WO man, some weeks ago she answered the advertisement in a daily paper of son e one who wanted a wife to share his $40,000 with him. She received a reply right at once, her correspondent giving the name of Conway Hutchsson of Hattenburg, Va. He took her breath away by an? nouncing that he would be right down to see her. He did come, a handsome well-dressed young chap, and an ar? dent WOOlng began. The girl lost her heart at once, but her parents raised strenuous objec? tions. They pretended to be resigned to this objection and the girl went to the train to see her sweetheart off. In? stead she came to Atlanta with him, and they were married here by a Jus? tice of the peace on August 1st. Several days Of the honeymoon Were spent at S local hotel, when they decided to go back to Denton to see if her parents would not extend their blessings, Immediately Hutch ?-son announced that he had a press? ing engagement a long way off. He kissed his bride goodbye, gave her *L*o and left. On August * she received a letter from him saving that she did not love him any more ;imi that he could not bear to look on her again knowing this. So the girl caine back to At? lanta and asks the police to help lind the young man. To Make Sun-. The colored janitor ol un apart? ment house approached the grocer mxt door With a paper containing some white pou der, "Hay, Mlstnh Jenkins," said lie, what dn you think dls Is? Jea' taste it an' tell your opinion." Pursuant to this request the grocer smelled the powder and then touched it to hi tongue "Well, Joe." he said. ' I should say it was soda." ? Dot's Jest what i say," triumph? antly rejoined the Janitor, I say dat it s soda, and my ole woman she says dat It's rat pi/en She says she Know it Is, Jest taste it again, Mlxtah Jen? kins and make shore." Exchange, IT IS No CORNER. \\. L. Aiuit'Hin Say* Trip tu licrniati) lo Finance the Market, Not to I* tile ii up, liitiniatetl. Mae..11. Ga? Aug. 16,? " liarged ti>at may be made by those interested in cotton In a large way, that .he pll grlmage of Mr. Wad ley anil myself to Germany, In an effort t<. secure the financing <?!' the Southern States Cot? ton Corporation to the extent of $300, 000,000, Is merely an attempt to cor? ner the market for speculative pur? poses, are untrue a.s they are f >oltsh *' said W, T. Anderson, of Macon, vice president of the corporation, tonight when shown a dispatch from Berlin tonight, making that criticism. SHOULD MAKE LARGE PROFITS. Planter^ Themaelves Hold Down To? bacco Crop to One-third what it Should He. Washington, Aug. 18.?Tobacco planters throughout the United States should he making larger profits than they do, according to department of agricultural officials, who have been studying the question. In spite of the fact that they receive about $100,000, 000 a year for their average crop of 1,000.000,000 pounds, their net prorits should be more, says the officials. Improper cultural methods keen the product dowui to one-third of what it should be, they declare. In the Connecticut valley, where the soils are maintained in a high state of fertility, yields of 2,000 pounds and more to the acre are common, ii is pointed out, while on similar soils in many of the manufacturing and export districts the average yield is scarcely one-third of this. The one crop system instead of rotation, is one of the improper cultural methods, 1 it is said, which is responsible for this condition. The use of unadapted varieties, or strains of tobacco, damage by Insects and diseases arid imperfect knowledge of the principles that apply to the processes of curing, fermenting and handling the leaf, are given as other causes of small net profits to the farm? er. The department has been aiming during the past few years, it was said, to introduce improved methods of planting and culture. ? "Higious Life in Anderson County. Altapass, 's. C, Aug. 17.?Most un? doubtedly Anderson is unsurpassed ia many respects as a place to live in. It is not so high that they cannot raise the finest cotton and it is un? surpassed for small grain of all kinds, for clover, timothy, etc., is rec? ognized as being in the greatest fru t belt of the world. With no trouble they can raise all kinds of vegetables of the finest quality. I heard of a place once where pec - ple never died, hut in extreme old age they dried up, when they were put in bags, registered, and hung on the walls for future reference; Ander? son is as near to that region as a place gets to be. Something has been said regarding the churches: The Baptist predomi? nate, after which come the Methodist. As in many other parts, this country was overrun by Holiness cranks, who did a great amount of harm. Many people were led astray by them, and some have never, I fear never will, come back. No one can measure the evil resultant, but had it not been for outside influenc it might have been much worse. Here, as in other places, they began, these fanatics, to associate With the negro in their meetings, invite- them to their homes, etc., etc. One day a body of one hun? dred and fifty armed citizens rode out to within a mile of the place of meet? ing, sent for the leaders and gave them to understand what they might expect if they did not immediately stop such procedure. They stopped. As one moves among these same peo? ple, still clinging to a part at least of their notions and as he beholds, in many cases accomplished, daughters conjecture is rife as to what the out? come might have been had thing been allowed to take tit ?lr course. Anderson's great need is a strong, sane newspaper, I ha*'e seen the In? telligencer, a puerile sheet, wielding a baleful influence. Farewell, Anderson; l bee yow, Hagood. Negro Killed at Florence, Florence, Aus/ IC?Jerome Wilson stabbed Caesar Bhaw \>> death here late this afternoon. Both parties are negroes. The affair occurred in shanty car of a work train standing in tlo- yards in Past Front street so*?n after the work train entered the yards. As soon as Wilson committed the deed be made good bis escape. l 'biet of Police Brunson is making everj effort to run him to bay and b.is noti? fied id neighboring towns. Wilson i from Mayesville, S. ?'.. and is I?; oi Is \, nrs old. i le la gingercake color itboill 5 feet, s llichej tall, and weigh: about 130 pounds. When last seen b. wore ;t black hat buht blue shirt .m< blue overalls, DELIVERANCE Tj THE CAPTIVES. Luke v, 16-30?Aug. 2;. *//r fV7;;/? untu in <mn. ?,.</ //<?/ th>it irtre tin own nai. - I tffsi sot." Joss t. //. CIIi: i?(?<.' :?? <?r Nazareth would of ????ins.- feel a certain seuse of pride i;. tbelr fellow-citizeu whose faille was spreitdiug throughout ull I ialiiee and .luden. They could scarcely believe what they had heard about Jesus. He nev? er did sin h miracles in nil the years that we knew Mm. said they. They did not. of course, understand that He had received Iiis power as a special benediction when He was thirty years of age. as a result of His conse. rloti of His life to the Divine service, sym? bolized by His immersion in Jordan. At length He came to Nazareth. It was on n Sabbath day. For long years He had done the congregational read? ing of the Scrip? tures. Tbrs was therefore just what they expect? ed Him to do on His return. He went into the syn? agogue and read the lesson for the day. Thus far all went well; but when Jesus began to comment there tKe *vna9oyue at were whisperings Nasareth. of disapproval, nnd finally an outburst of wrath against Him. Ah! they thought, this young man has lost His head. They drove Him out of the syna? gogue with tngry demonstrations. They led the way toward the brow of a hill, that they might push Him over. For a little way Jestif. went, but then He turned and passed through their midst, overawing them by the dignity of His presence. The Truth That Angered. At first we read. "All bare Him wit? ness, and wondered at the gracious words that proceeded out of His mouth." What made the change? It was the plain declaration that they did not believe In Him fully, therefore it would not be God's will that He should perform any miracles for them. He backed up Ills statement with illustra? tions from the past which angered them still more. Instead of the people of Nazareth getting angry and resenting these things, they should have said. Tell us. then, of our faults and help us to over? come them. If God has blessings, surely we, as Israelites, may have our share if we will but come into the right attitude of heart. The Lesson From Issish. The lesson for that Sabbath was from Isaiah ixi, 1-3. It was an excel? lent text, and the sermon on It wns from the ablest of teachers. How His hearers should have rejoiced to know that they were living in the day of the fulfilment of these words! Jesus had been anointed by the Father with the Holy Spirit, that He might declare good tidings to the poor. Surely many of them were poor and needy! We read further that Jehovah sent Jesus to heal the broken-hearted. How those words tcould have appealed to any that were broken-hearted! The declaration further was that the blind would receive their sight, that liberty would be granted to the captives, that the "They led him to the bruised and injur? ia? of the hill." ed would be heal? ed, and that "the acceptable rear of the Lord" would be proclaimed. "Deliverance to the Captives." This part of the message might have been applied in part to themselves. Were they not captives, bound by the fetters of sin. the fetters aud chains of heredity, sickness, imperfection and death? Were not they actually blind also, as respected the eyes of their un? derstanding? Evidently the time had not arrived for them to receive the blessing of the anointing of their eyes of understanding. Were they not all bruised by the fall -mentally, morally and physically! Hut the work that Jesus was doing was merely the proclamation of these things, with a few examples of heal? ing, etc. The real time for Him to accomplish the deliverance of the cap? tives, the liberating of the sin-bruised, tnd the giving of sight to the blind, he longed to the Messhr.dc Kingdom time. What Jesus was doing was merely % foreshadowing of the great things to Im? accomplished future?"in the Times of liest i tut ion of all things Which God hath spoken by all His Holy Prophets ?? Acts iii. 10-21. Proclaiming "the Acceptable Year." This brief expression, so little under? stood, pointed out the special work of Jesus, far more Important than the miracles. The term, "acceptable year.'" or acceptable time, refers to this <ios pel Age of more than l^iKt years. No opportunity bud boon granted in the past to become dead with Jesus, to walk in His steps The proclamation of this opportunity waited until Jesus had made UN awn consecration, and till who accepted His Message and be came Ills followers did so under this Invitation or proclamation. It was the privilege of becoming the sons of Qod by a begetting of the Spirit.-John 1. IS. 1 INK l\ LABOR LAW CASIO IVkUiuoii) rukeii in * b?rge* Drought Against Ii, K. -iiui;i lij Local i led i'ration. Columbia, Aug*. iT.?liefere Magis rate Fowles yesterday H K smith, ?resident of the Smith drug stor,- was ined 114 for violating the law which ?rovldes that \v< men shall not be r< - lulred t?< a*ork in mercantile establ? ishments after 10 o'clock at night. The charges ol violating the wo? men's labor law was marl.- at the in? stances ?>f the Am? fie.in 1 '???!. i; ti<m of Labor through Henry .J. ttiurdy. The case yester? ay with that >.i T. K. l'eagan on V. ? ?in? -day w as in\ est i gated by W. R, Connelly, inapoctor ?'l* factories and labor, who appeared against the defendant, it was chargv ed that women had been worked tfter hours in the Smith stores. Mr. Smith was represented 1 y Melton ?& Bolaar. It was contended that the Smith stores were not mercantile establishments. The magistrate found the defendant guilty, however, holding that the law had been violated, and fined Mr Smith $lo, the minimum penalty pro? vided for by the law in question. CANDIDATE DROPS DEAD. Prank ML Davis Aspirant lor Coro? ner in Florence County, Falls Dead at Pak?' City Mooting. Florence, Aug. 16.?The campaign party of this county was shocked and all rivalries forgotten in the death of Frank M. Davis, a candidate for coroner, just after the meeting at Lake City this afternoon. Mr. Davis ate heartily at dinner, though com? plaining of indigestion, and after din? ner he complained of suffering, but made his speech as a candidate for coroner at the afternoon session of the meeting. After speaking he sat down on a pile of lumber while the crowd was having its sport with Mr. Watson, who is candidate for super? visor and who furnished a good deal of the spice of the meeting. Mr. Davis was seen to turn pale and droop his head, but before assistance could be given him he was dead. The Masons of Lake City took, charge of the body and it was sent home on the evening train. He will be buried in Orangeburg, where his ?wife, dead a number of years, now rests. Mr. Davis was a Confederate veteran, having served as a boy in the army and having been captured while acting as courier in the trenches around Petersburg. He was one of the heroes of the crater and has a line record as a soldier. GOES IX SPITE OF WARNING. Friends Fear for Safety of l?e, *?un Yat Sen. Shanghai, Aug. 18.?Dr. Sun Yat Sen. former Provisional President of China, disregarding the warning of friends, who fear for this safety since the execution of several Hankow gen? erals, left Shanghai today for Pek? ing. Gen. Huang Sing, who commanded the southern republican army in the revolution, which overthrew the Impe? rial Governmnt and was to have ac? companied Dr. Sun, has abandoned the journey. The southern generals recently put to death were members of Dr Sun Yat Sen's party, the Tung Men Hub and were seized at the capital by di? rection of President Yuan Shi Kai. They were charged with being impli? cated in an alleged conspiracy against the Pekin Government. Two of the officers were tried by a drumhead court-martial at the capital and shot. The others were returned in chains to Hankow and there executed. WILL CARRY HOME COUNT*. Jonen Will Have Dig Majority in lian caster county. In a private letter to the editor ol the Greenwood Journal, Mr. A. J. Clark, editor of The Lancaster News writes that " Jones will carry Lan? caster county by several hundred ma? jority. He is one of the beet men that have lived here since i came here over thirty years i^o." This news is especially interesting in dew ??f the fact that Oov. Blease has claimed several times that he Would carry Lancaster COUUty. He reiterated the statement in his speech at Ncwb?rry. In this connection it might be added thai reports from I Xewbem ;t,'e to the effect that the sentiment in that count) is very much divided, it is believed, according to reports, that Oov. Phases majority in his home county will be Very small, if he carries it at all. if w?> can Just keep North Caro? linians from coming over the line and voting we can beat Ftleaec easily.? Greenville News. We positively deny that w?' are hoping that T< m Felder'e ship will strik?? an ic? l>? ru In niul ocean.? Greenville Xews